Commercial court refuses permission to appeal in Republic of Mozambique litigation, orders Privinvest Group to pay £20 million to continue stay of enforcement

Lucy Davies December 10, 2024 0 Comments

Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE has today refused to grant permission to appeal to the Privinvest Group following his judgment on the merits in the Republic of Mozambique litigation dated 29 July 2024. By his further judgment handed down today, Tuesday 10 December 2024, the judge also required that the Privinvest Defendants pay £20 million […]

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Pro bono week: what’s new at Peters & Peters?

Cassandra Bozikovic November 8, 2024 0 Comments

Today marks the end of the 23rd annual Pro Bono Week. This year’s theme is ‘the power of pro bono’, which is nowhere more apparent than our flagship project: the Howard League IPP Hotline. This project sits alongside a wide spectrum of pro bono work at the firm, from volunteering at the Royal Courts of […]

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Peters & Peters launches ESG Enforcement Tracker

Cassandra Bozikovic October 29, 2024 0 Comments

Business engagement in environmental sustainability and social responsibility has come into sharp focus since the Paris Agreement in 2015 (now commonly referred to as “environmental, social, and governance”, or “ESG”). While ESG as a concept has existed for almost a decade, the prominence and development of “ESG civil litigation” and “ESG criminal enforcement” is more […]

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Peters & Peters secures historic deletion of politically motivated Red Notice issued by EU member state following successful revision application

Cassandra Bozikovic October 24, 2024 0 Comments

Peters & Peters acts for Zsolt Hernádi, Chairman and CEO of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL. Mr Hernádi has been pursued by the Croatian authorities for over a decade in connection with an allegation that he offered a bribe to the former Prime Minister of Croatia, Dr Ivo Sanader, to enable MOL to obtain […]

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Peters & Peters acts in first civil monetary penalty case under the UK’s strict liability regime for breaches of financial sanctions

Cassandra Bozikovic October 17, 2024 0 Comments

On 29 August 2024, following an investigation lasting over 15 months, the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) imposed a monetary penalty of £15,000 against our client, Integral Concierge Services Limited, for contravention of regulations 11(1) and 13(1) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the Russia Regulations). The case involved consideration of the […]

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Peters & Peters secures deletion of INTERPOL diffusions for Russian clients

Cassandra Bozikovic August 9, 2024 0 Comments

We have secured the deletion of INTERPOL diffusions against four Russian businessmen. We successfully persuaded INTERPOL’s CCF that the criminal cases against our clients were politically motivated and part of a long-running corporate raid. We explained that the criminal cases and corresponding arrest warrants were aimed at undermining efforts to recover the value of property […]

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Attorney General of Mozambique, instructing Peters & Peters, secures multi-billion dollar victory against Privinvest Group

Cassandra Bozikovic July 29, 2024 0 Comments

Peters & Peters notes with great satisfaction the judgment of the Honourable Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE in the Republic of Mozambique litigation which was handed down on 29 July 2024. The judgment represents a major milestone in the five years of litigation, initiated by the Attorney General of Mozambique, to hold the Privinvest Group […]

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Peters & Peters successful in securing deletion of UAE INTERPOL diffusions following revision application

Cassandra Bozikovic June 27, 2024 0 Comments

Following detailed submissions from Peters & Peters, the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) has quashed two Red Notices issued at the request of the United Arab Emirates against our client, an international businessman subject to “bounced cheque” (unfunded cheque) offences arising out of commercial loan agreements. Our submissions demonstrated that our client’s […]

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CAT rules in favour of NHS in significant competition claim against pharmaceuticals

Cassandra Bozikovic June 24, 2024 0 Comments

Peters & Peters was recently instructed to act for the NHS in long-running litigation against the Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck and several others, and to seek to resist arguments by the pharmaceutical companies that the NHS’ claim had been brought out of time and should not be allowed to proceed. The claims arise from the […]

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Peters & Peters obtains partial strike out of FCA case

Cassandra Bozikovic May 16, 2024 0 Comments

The Upper Tribunal issued an important case management judgment on 8 May 2024 in the case of FCA v Banque Havilland & Ors.  Nick Vamos, James Tyler and Julia Steinhardt represent the second defendant in the case, Mr Edmund Rowland. Mr Rowland is alleged to have been involved in the creation and dissemination of a […]

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